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Artist commentary: “Hiya, this is another piece for my Volk series, which is all about the heroes in fantasy worlds that don’t do the fighting or world-saving, but help you get there. This piece is about the writer, specifically in this case a scribe, or an archivist if you want.”
Moon Guardian 🌙
Commissions will be opening soon, so keep an eye out for those slots!
Instagram || Commission Page || Kofi
A gilt Piha Kaetta with a pommel studded with turquoise and rubies, Sri Lanka, ca. early 19th century, housed at the Wallace Collection.
“Black Panther” concept art by Jackson Sze
Commission for @kamidoodles of her Lavellan, Bituin! Bituin is based on Filipino culture and I loved working on her <3
Goddess of war by DAJEONG LEE
Shaman black witches…
Revered Mother Kashvi, Lightbearer of Sol
Cover art by TheRafa for The Kishi (Tales of Esowan) by Antoine Bandele
“Be wary of handsome men," To us our mother once said. "Don’t forget Ife who was lost to the rocks. In love with a man’s charm and flowing locs. But tricked she was, deceived right and proper. Oh yes, that man was a real heart stopper. No man at all was he, but a demon sharp and sly. Behind his head hid a beast. No one heard her cry.”
A set that I’m going to turn into an 8-page zine for an art show in May. I might sell some online if I have any left over!
Virtues of the Scholar coming soon, so please follow if you want to see more of this!
“From the influential work of Los Bros Hernandez in Love & Rockets, to comic strips and political cartoons, to traditional superheroes made nontraditional by means of racial and sexual identity (e.g., Miles Morales/Spider-Man), comics have become a vibrant medium to express Latino identity and culture. Indeed, Latino fiction and nonfiction narratives are rapidly proliferating in graphic media as diverse and varied in form and content as is the whole of Latino culture today.
Graphic Borders presents the most thorough exploration of comics by and about Latinos currently available. Thirteen essays and one interview by eminent and rising scholars of comics bring to life this exciting graphic genre that conveys the distinctive and wide-ranging experiences of Latinos in the United States. The contributors’ exhilarating excavations delve into the following areas: comics created by Latinos that push the boundaries of generic conventions; Latino comic book author-artists who complicate issues of race and gender through their careful reconfigurations of the body; comic strips; Latino superheroes in mainstream comics; and the complex ways that Latino superheroes are created and consumed within larger popular cultural trends. Taken as a whole, the book unveils the resplendent riches of comics by and about Latinos and proves that there are no limits to the ways in which Latinos can be represented and imagined in the world of comics.”
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González
